Thoughts on Mentoring - Part 3
I think sometimes a lot of what we call mentoring might be appropriately called coaching. Before you go trying to...
2008-04-15
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SQLAndy
Thoughts on Mentoring - Part 2
It's always good to find a book or two on a subject when you want to be good at something....
2008-04-14
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Thoughts on Mentoring - Part 1
Mentoring is something I think a lot of us wish for and that few of us find. Few businesses encourage...
2008-04-13
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Forty Percent Discount on SQL 2008 Exams
Saw this in the MCP Flash today, if you register to be notified when the exams are live you get...
2008-04-11
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How to Improve MS Connect
If you haven't visited yet, MS Connect replaces the old sqlwish email alias and provides - in theory! - a better way...
2008-04-09
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Partitioning Gotcha
Well, it got me at least! Not long ago someone asked me about partitioned views and as I'm apt to...
2008-04-08
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Thoughts on Database Mail
I suspect few would argue that database mail in SQL 2005 is a huge improvement over the mail system in...
2008-04-07
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Link: April Fools Joke on Jonathan Schwarz of Sun
Absolutely worth watching.
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/the_video
2008-04-07
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After Event Party Location Announced for SQLSaturday#3 in Jacksonville
From the SQLSaturday event site:
AFTER EVENT PARTY ANNOUNCED! Our after event party will be held at 7 Bridges Grille beginning...
2008-04-07
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A Note on sp_updatestats
In SQL 2000 when you run sp_updatestats it's the equivalent of running UPDATE STATISTICS on each table, forcing the update...
2008-04-06
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Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
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While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
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